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ɪʀᴏɴᴡᴏᴏᴅ ᴇᴍᴘᴇʀᴏʀ ᴇsʜᴀɪ ([personal profile] ironwood) wrote in [community profile] tushanshu_logs2015-01-21 12:35 pm

[EVENT] THE SHANGPAR RACE

Characters: ALL!
Date: January 20th to January 24th
Location: Various.
Situation: It’s time for the Shangpar Race!
Warnings/Rating: Add warnings as needed.

The day is here, the day is here, the day is here! Though not every shop is closed and not every kedan is on the streets, it’s a near thing. The race is slated to begin early in the morning, and the city rises for the occasion. Shops open late and workplaces allow for a late start to the day to give everyone an opportunity to watch the starting festivities.

It begins with something almost like a parade. The riders -- there are fifty-five of them, thanks to negotiations during the forum -- are escorted from the shangpari holding pens to the starting line just outside the city, using the most circuitous route available in order to take the riders through every sector.

The starting-line is located just outside a set of the city’s gates, while the finishing-line is at the set on the opposite end. It leads off away from the city, traversing through several of the shell’s terrains, from burgeoning woodland, across a ‘river’, to an area of wasteland leading into mountains, and then down to the shores of the shell’s edge.

While the usual daily processes continue during the race, there are runners at supply checkpoints who, thanks to the efforts of Stark Industries and a handful of Foreigners, are able to report the race statistics via audio directly to the consoles. Groups of children hired as criers run from place to place without access to consoles to carry those reports to the rest of the city. In this time the kedan already begin preparations for the feast which follows it, regardless of who the actual winner might be.

The winners begin trickling in on day four to a crowd already prepared. Thanks to the runners, the residents of Keeliai already know who’s in the lead and when, roughly, they will arrive.




LINKS
Parade | Betting booths | Starting line | Finish line | Feast


OOC
In the related forum thread the family leaders were open to the idea of Foreigners participating in the race as long as they possessed no abilities that would provide an unfair advantage and were able to front the cost of 500 juulan. If your character has no such abilities and would have wanted to participate, and you feel you have reasoning for their being able to finance their entry, please PM the mod journal so we can work out the details.

No Foreigner who enters will be able to OOCly apply to win the race -- this event is about the cultural experience, not the winning or losing! More details regarding the race are available on the itinerary here.

Please also do remember that IC actions will have IC consequences. This is a huge, huge cultural event for the kedan; disrupting it in any way will cause a negative reaction. That's not to say don't do it -- but do be prepared for the consequences.
raavashing: (huh: You will never sleep alone)

[personal profile] raavashing 2015-01-28 04:46 am (UTC)(link)
Wan raised an eyebrow and replied flatly, "I don't have a girlfriend. What does Zuko need to know?"

[personal profile] royalguard_style 2015-01-28 05:20 am (UTC)(link)
"You know damn well that-" That didn't look like denial. That looked like honest confusion. Either Dante's an idiot or Wan is that good at lying."Do you mean to tell me that that whole mess with that teapot didn't mean anything?"
raavashing: (mad: So I would do it for you for you)

[personal profile] raavashing 2015-01-28 05:30 am (UTC)(link)
It took Wan a moment to make it through the mental gymnastics of that question before he frowned and gave Dante a glare, "Of course it meant something. Valdis is one of my closest friends and I would do anything for her. My love for her doesn't have to be the same as how I love Zuko for it to 'mean something'. You didn't even ask her if she was my girlfriend, did you? You don't have to answer that, I know you didn't because she knows about Zuko and I and has known since the both of us returned to the shell."

[personal profile] royalguard_style 2015-01-28 06:10 am (UTC)(link)
"I can get caring about someone without having romantic feelings for them, sure."

"I didn't ask because she looked really damn happy when she got that teapot." He shook his head. Okay, so he's an idiot. It's happened before. But wait! What if Valdis thought of them as more then friends? Ouch, that must have been tough to see. Poor her. "So I started drawing conclusions. You were kind of gone, so it was a touchy subject."
Edited 2015-01-28 06:14 (UTC)
raavashing: (upset: the same for me)

[personal profile] raavashing 2015-01-29 04:00 am (UTC)(link)
Wan's disgruntlement faded a little - only a little - and his posture relaxed as he looked away before putting a hand on his hip and sighing, "Look, Valdis means a lot to me and I know I mean a lot to her. She and Zuko are almost as close to me as my actual soulmate and our reincarnations and I wouldn't hurt her by promising her something I couldn't give. But if she was upset with me, she'd make it known. So while I'm glad you care enough to be protective of her, I think you should talk to her before making those sort of conclusions again."

[personal profile] royalguard_style 2015-01-30 06:01 pm (UTC)(link)
"Hey, even if it was all a misunderstanding, She can't be upset about something she doesn't know about. You can't blame a guy for wanting to stop a problem before it starts." He shook his head. Well, this was embarrassing. "Look, if there's nothing to worry about, could we just forget this conversation happened?"
raavashing: (Neutral: no oh oh oh oh oh)

[personal profile] raavashing 2015-02-03 10:35 pm (UTC)(link)
He could concede the first point, but it also meant Dante thought little enough of him to think that he'd lie to Valdis.

"I'm not going to lie to her about anything, Dante," he said in a slightly exasperated tone. "I don't know why you think I would, but I promise I won't. Ever."

[personal profile] royalguard_style 2015-02-04 01:27 am (UTC)(link)
Dante shook his head and smirked. "You know, it's stuff like this that makes people think you and her are a thing. But okay. Just so you know, I'm holding you to that."